International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
Vol 11, No 2: June 2022

The influence of virtual instructional leadership on teachers’ commitment: A Malaysian e-leadership case study

Hapini Awang (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Mat Rahimi Yusof (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Mohd Fairuz Jafar (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Ramlan Mustapha (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Kalipakiam Subramaniam (Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Taman Keladi)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2022

Abstract

The ability of instructional leadership practices in shaping positive school culture is well known. Similarly, it is also proven that this kind of school leadership could strengthen teachers’ commitment. However, the research tended to focus on conventional instructional leadership and the ability of virtual instructional leadership to produce such impact remains unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of virtual instructional leadership on teachers’ commitment. Based on Meyer and Allen’s Organizational Commitment Model the research model developed and analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The finding revealed a positive impact of principals’ virtual instructional leadership practices towards teachers’ commitment in schools. Despite this, the study also discovered that normative and continuous commitments are not the fit dimensions for teacher’s commitments in the context of virtual instructional leadership, which is quite shocking. Hence, this would be a fruitful area for further works.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJERE

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

The International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The IJERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of ...